12 days 11 nights best of Kenya and Tanzania budget camping safari

12 days 11 nights best of Kenya and Tanzania budget camping safari

Visit and see the wonders of nature both in Kenya and Tanzania.
See the Big Five on this 11 night tour of the parks from Nairobi! The tour will take you on a loop to Maasai Mara and you will cross over to Tanzania where our jeep will be awaiting you to take you round 4 major parks Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire and Lake Manyara.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Nairobi

Pass By: Nairobi, Nairobi
Pickup from the airport/hotel by our professional English speaking guide/driver and be taken to your hotel in Nairobi for the overnight on bed and breakfast basis.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Ibis Style Hotel

Day 2: Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve

Pass By: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
At 8 o'clock you will be picked up from your Nairobi Hotel and commence the drive to Maasai Mara via the great rift valley view point where you will have a breathtaking view of the floor of the rift valley. Lunch will be picnic on the way. In the afternoon after you check in depart for a game viewing drive in the Mara Reserve. Return back to the camp for a sumptuous buffet dinner ending with good time for resting at tented camp

Masai Mara Reserve is the most popular tourism destination in Kenya. Located in the Great Rift Valley in primarily open grassland. Wildlife is most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. It’s regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. The annual wildebeest’s migration alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November. Hardly can a visitor miss to spot the big five. The phenomenal wildebeest migration which is a spectacular event only seen in Maasai mara is the wonder of the world.

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lenchada Touristic Camp

Day 3: Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara Reserve

Pass By: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
Spend the full day exploring Masai Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunches in the Reserve as you scale the Mara beauty sited at the banks of Mara River.

Optional: In the evening, Visit the local Masai village for a Masai cultural tour at USD 10 per person. Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Masai people. An overnight at the Masai village can be organized upon request.
A balloon safari at USD 400 per person (optional) can be organized early morning on this day then proceed with the normal program. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the great migration. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna – lions, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas and vultures.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lenchada Touristic Camp

Day 4: Depart Maasai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park

Pass By: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Rift Valley Province
You will enjoy the last early morning game drive in Mara Reserve followed by breakfast. Thereafter commence drive to Nakuru.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: LANET MAT FAM RESORT

Day 5: Lake Nakuru to Lake Naivasha/Hell’s Gate

Pass By: Lake Naivasha, Naivasha Kenya
Depart at 7 am. You will start your trip to Lake Naivasha/Hell's Gate National Park for a mini safari. In hells gate people have the option of doing a biking safari people do that here. We arrive at hell gate at 9 am and then we will finish at 12.30 . Head for lunch at the fishermans restaurant. . Enjoy an evening boat on Lake Naivasha for 1 hour for hippo viewing and bird watching.

In the afternoon proceed to your hotel.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Taphe Resort

Day 6: Lake Naivasha to Namanga Border

Pass By: Namanga, Namanga, Rift Valley Province
Breakfast at the resort and thereafter proceed to Namanga which is the border town to get ready for the Tanzania part.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Namanga River hotel.

Day 7: Namanga/Arusha to Manyara National Park

Pass By: Lake Manyara National Park, Lake Manyara National Park, Arusha Region
Drive to Arusha and join a group to Manyara national park.

Manyara is 2 hours drive from Arusha and it’s a small park that you can do game drives for 2 to 3 hours. Game drive after lunch until evening.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: seronera campsite

Day 8: Lake Manyara to Serengeti National Park

Pass By: Serengeti National Park, Serengeti National Park
Breakfast then Leave for Serengeti. Arrive and start game drive enroute to the camp.

More game drives afternoon until late evening

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Seronera Campsite

Day 9: Serengeti to Ngorongoro

Pass By: Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Arusha Region
Early morning game drive in Serengeti until 1 pm.
Depart after lunch. Game drive enroute to ngorongoro and arrive at simba campsite to spend night there.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Simba Campsite

Day 10: Ngorongoro to Tarangire National Park

Pass By: Tarangire National Park, Tarangire National Park, Arusha Region
Breakfast, game drive then leave for Ngorongoro for a safari game drive with picnic lunch. Depart after 1 pm and start drive to Tarangire National park

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: campsite

Day 11: Tarangire to Arusha

Pass By: Arusha, Arusha, Arusha Region
Breakfast, then leave for game drive until 1pm and start the drive to Arusha.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Venus Premier Hotel

Day 12: Arusha to Nairobi

Pass By: Nairobi, Nairobi
Breakfast, then Board a shuttle to arrive in Nairobi at around 3 pm.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.